Sir, – From now on – as indeed from late September – we are steeped in Christmas bling in every store, and there will be no shortage of bearded Santas for children to have their photos taken with, coming up to Christmas.
It is sad that one person, the Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy can end a tradition and remove the living crib. However it is making her newsworthy, though, perhaps that was the idea. – Yours, etc,
CLARE McCORMICK,
Curragh, Co Kildare.